Ribbon-bracelet clasp



R. KING.

mBoN BRACELET CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. 1921..

` 1,389, 1 96 Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

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UNITED STAT-ss v11A-tls;Nr osi-fles.

RUFUSKING, or. rLArNvILLn, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNoRf'ro BUCBEE &

COMPANY., or NORTH ATTLEBCRC, MASSACHUSETTS.

NILES RIBBON-BRACELET CLASP.'

Specication of Letters Patent.A .Y Patented Allg'. V30, ,1921;

Application filed March V'7, 1921.Y Serial-No. 450,358.

To all whom t may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, Burns KING, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Plainville, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Bracelet Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

rhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ribbon bracelet clasps, and the primary object thereof is to provide a structure of this kind which is comprised in its entirety of buttwp parts, one the male and the other the female membei', each part being formed integral throughout, thereby to dispense with all moving or separate parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clasp of this type which can be easily and cheaply produced and one wherein the female part is formed in a single die striking operation, while the male part is first die struck and then bent into its finished form.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a clasp in which both parts are of a flat formation, and further wherein the clasps per se are not noticeable, but appear to form a part of the ornamentation imparted to the female member.

Still further objects will be later set forth and manifested.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of the male member secured to a ribbon bracelet;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the male member is formed, showing the latter in its second stage;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the finished male member;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the male blank immediately after being die struck, and

Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of the finished female member.

In prodeedfing in accordance with theA present invention, a. female member l is employed formed with a. slot 2 to receive one end of the ribbon 3 and is further formed with an elongated transverse opening 4 located between the sides of the member l so as to provide a pair of opposite walls 5 for engagement with the respective clasps 6 of the male member 7 As depicted in Fig. 5 of the drawings the blank from which the male member is formed is initially struck to have a pair o fcentral outwardly extending side arms vwhich are subsequently curled ini wardly to form the clasps Gand' is furtherv struck to have the ypairs of side arms 8, which latter extend inwardly toward each other and function to engage the ribbon 3 so as to support the male member in position, and to allow a sliding adjustment of the male member along the length of the ribbon. For the purpose of increasing the resiliency of the clasps, the part 9 of the male blank may be formed with a longitudinal slot l0, which permits the clasps to approach each other when the latter are snapped into engagement with the wall 5 of the slot 4 without depending wholly upon the spring action of the clasps. The slit l() thus forms a pair of spaced and relatively narrow and long arms or strips which are secured only at each of their ends, being free'otherwise for movement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that both male and female parts are flat throughout with the exception of the two clasps in the instance of the male part which project but slightly out therefrom. Further, a common opening 4, is provided for the two claspswhich simplifies the manufacture as 1s apparent. Y

Further, there are no movable parts whatsoever, since both parts or members are of integral formation throughout.

Having thus described my invention, what ters Patent is l. In a clasp, a male member having up per and lower confronting pairs of ribbon engaging arms and having a longitudinal slot between the arms, a curled clasp borne by each side of the member and disposed central of the length thereof and extending outwardly from the respective opposite sides of the slot, and a female member formed of a blank having a ribbon receiving slot and having an opening with end walls for engagement with the respective clasps, the opening being common to each clasp and receiving both.

2. In a clasp, a male and a female member, the male member having'a pair of relatively long and narrow spaced arms connected at each of their ends thereto, whereby to allow of movement of the central parts only of the arms and a curled clasp borne l claim as new and desire to secure by Letby each arm Centrally between the ends thereof, the female member being formed to receive each of the clasps.

3. In a Clasp, a male and a female meniber, the male member having a pair of approximately narrow arms eaoh secured at each end, each arm having an integral part between said ends extending from the outer side edges of the arms and curled over to form a clasp, said arms being formed of such length to allow same to move laterally between their ends.

4L. In a clasp, a male and a female member, the male member having a pair of spaced arms eachv connected at each end thereof thereto, whereby to allow of movement of the central parts only of the arms,.

and a clasp borne by each arm between the ends thereof for engagement with the female member. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUFUS KING.

Witnesses:

A. E. JACKSON, H. A. GARDNER. 

